He started the year with a raised-finger gesture. Then he ramped it up with an F-bomb barrage on Hard Knocks. Then he promised the Jets wouldn't be "that team." Then he got embarrassed 45-3 by the Patriots. And then his strength coach made an out-of-bounds move on the sideline. All the news outlets owe him a commission.

Head coach Rex Ryan boldly predicted before and during training camp that his Jets would win the Super Bowl in the 2010 season. The brash Ryan went so far as to sign "soon-to-be-champs" next to his name on an ESPN bus in camp.

Jets head coach Rex Ryan throws a pass during warm-ups.

The Jets' win came just three weeks after head coach Rex Ryan mistakenly called their playoff hopes dead. Before the game, Ryan asked why the 9-7 Jets were not favored to win the Super Bowl.

Jets coach Rex Ryan gets an icy shower after his team's 37-0 thrashing of the Cincinnati Bengals in the final game at Giants Stadium. The victory clinched a playoff spot for New York and set up a rematch with the Bengals in the playoffs next Saturday.

Drew Brees and the Saints are flying high, with a league-best point differential of plus-64. But they may have met their match in the stellar Jets defense, which is letting up a meager 173.3 yards per game. Rex Ryan has the Jets blitzing at an alarming rate, and Brees may have to rely more on his running game once again.

Rex Ryan also helped out the Jets' secondary by bringing in safety Jim Leonhard, right, who followed Ryan to New York from the Baltimore Ravens.